Saponins of North Atlantic Sea Cucumber: Chemistry, Health Benefits, and Future Prospectives

• Published in: Marine Drugs
• Main Authors: Fagbohun, Oladapo F., Joseph, Jitcy S., Oriyomi, Olumayowa V., Rupasinghe, H. P. Vasantha
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Review; Fron; Cucumaria frondosa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10224125/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37233456; https://doi.org/10.3390/md21050262

Frondosides are the major saponins (triterpene glycosides) of the North Atlantic sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Frondosides possess amphiphilic characteristics due to the presence of various hydrophilic sugar moieties and hydrophobic genin (sapogenin). Saponins are abundant in holothurians, incl...